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Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:36:00 GMT
Their name sort of says it all!
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:49:00 GMT
You’ve heard of the Nanny State, well now Britain has become a Super-Nanny State, quite literally.
According to the BBC, the goventment is fed up with the number of unruly children in the country, so they have hired 80 “super-nannies” to go around and teach parents how to control their kids.
It’s the latest initiative in the government’s battle against crime and anti-social behaviour.It’s being announced by the Prime Minister today as part of a government initiative throw the spotlight on the crime and justice system in England and Wales. The idea is to try to nip problems in the bud, before children get completely out of control
Read the entire article here.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:21:53 GMT
TODAY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, starting 12PM PST/3PM EST, join the fun at www.mothersclick.com for a “live chat” session with mom blogger and author, Mindy Roberts. Autographed copies of “Mommy Confidential” will be available while supplies last.
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Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:55:16 GMT
How do you teach kids about money? They certainly don’t learn anything about it in schools. And maybe that’s all for the better since it should be the parent’s responsibility. I recently gave a merit badge course for my son’s scout troop on financial management to a group of 13 and 14 year olds. Most of them knew nothing about managing money.
Getting Rich Slowly has some good thoughts and lots of link with more information. Read it here: How do you teach Kids the Value of Money.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:47:31 GMT
Why is it that after years of safe sex classes, drug abstinence seminars, anti-smoking campaigns, teens still go out and get involved with self-destructive behavior like drinking and driving, smoking, having unprotected sex, and so on.
The prevailing thought is that it is because teens feel invincible. They are young, strong, and smart. “It won’t happen to me!” they tell themselves. They have weighed the odds, assessed their own skills and smarts, and feel like they can get away with it, at least this time.
But a new study being done by the Association for Psychological Science discounts this idea and actually claims that teens overestimate their risk of getting HIV or lung cancer. But, they underestimate the consequences. Maybe they will get lung cancer, but how many years do they have to smoke before they get it? Maybe they will get an STD, but how bad can that really be?
Social acceptance and rebellion are also factors. Peer pressure can sway a kid who knows the dangers of drunk driving to do it anyway, regardless of the odds. The Cost/Benefit factor doesn’t even come in to play.
Adults, on the other hand, through experience, knowledge and insight, have an intuitive reaction to avoid risky behavior. It is a “gut” feeling that stops them from getting involved in these activities.
So how do we impart this intuition that has taken years to develop in adults, into our kids?
There is currently a study being conducted by Valerie F. Reyna and Frank Farley at the Association for Psychological Science where teens are being subjected to positive images of healthy behavior and negative images of risky behavior. It appears that this strategy may work better than the tactics that are currently being used.
To dig into this more, click here.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:53:22 GMT
There is an e-mail going around claiming to contain a speech given by Bill Gates to a high school graduating class. I did a little investigation and found out that it is in fact, not from a speech by Bill Gate, but rather from Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write, or Add by Charles J. Skykes.
Nevertheless, it bears repeating:
Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
Good advice. Guess it just sound better coming from Bill Gates.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:26:00 GMT
Planning to buy any toys ths Holiday Season? You might want to check out this site before you buy.
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They have a searchable database for all the toys they have reviewed that meet their safety standards.
Toy Tips has no advertisng, is not paid by any manufacturer and works on bringing unbiased reviews of all the products they test. In fact, you can even apply to become one of their testers.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:41:00 GMT
Back in April I mentioned a new collaborative parenting site that was soon coming online. Maya’s Mom has now officially launched.
Accordng to Ann, (Maya’s real mom and CEO), “We created Maya’s Mom so parents everywhere can find and share experiences and advice with each other—everything from separation anxiety to recipes, from finding the right tricycle to responding appropriately when your son grabs toys from other kids.
Its a great looking site and seems like it will be a valuable resource. Check it out!
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:14:57 GMT
Having some free time this weekend, I did more research on my Parenting Blogroll project and came up an astounding list of over 300 parenting blogs!
I’ve taken my prior list off the sidebar, since it would be too long to be practical, and placed a link to another page.
To be honest, I’ve only had the opportunity to look over about 50 or so of them, there may be broken links, old links, and of course, the need to be somehow categorized.
If you see any errors or ommissions, please let me know.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:30:00 GMT
The Charlotte Observer has a article on how dad blogs (and mom blogs) are increasingly becoming a a place where parents can come together, share their experiences, and learn from each other.
After adopting his daughter in 2002, Doug Henderson of Mooresville had trouble finding online parenting tips for dads.
That’s why a year ago, Henderson says, he created DadBloggers.com, an online message board that gives fathers an outlet to share their parenting experiences from a man’s perspective.
There is also a good roundup of other parenting blogs. Here are the ones listed.
Sites for Dads
www.lundquistcompany.com/fatherhood.html
www.laidoffdad.typepad.com/about.html
Sites for Moms
www.girlsgonechild.blogspot.com
Read the article here.
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